§14102 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of each military department must pick who sits on selection boards. Promotion boards and special selection boards must have five or more officers. Other selection boards under 14101(b) must have three or more. All members must come from the same armed force as the officers being considered. At least half the board must be reserve officers, and those reserves must include at least one from each reserve component being reviewed. Every member must hold a permanent rank higher than the officers under review and cannot be below major or lieutenant commander. Boards should reflect the force’s diversity when possible. Each officer category being considered should have at least one member on the board unless none are eligible at the required rank; in that case the Secretary may pick a retired officer of that category from the same force who holds a higher rank. An officer may not serve on two back-to-back promotion boards for the same category and rank if the second board will reconsider anyone the first board did not recommend.

Title 10, §14102

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(a)Members of selection boards convened under section 14101 of this title shall be appointed by the Secretary of the military department concerned in accordance with this section. Promotion boards and special selection boards shall consist of five or more officers. Selection boards convened under section 14101(b) of this title shall consist of three or more officers. All of the officers of any such selection board shall be of the same armed force as the officers under consideration by the board.

(b)At least one-half of the members of such a selection board shall be reserve officers, to include at least one reserve officer from each reserve component from which officers are to be considered by the board. Each member of a selection board must hold a permanent grade higher than the grade of the officers under consideration by the board, and no member of a board may hold a grade below major or lieutenant commander. The members of a selection board shall represent the diverse population of the armed force concerned to the extent practicable.

(c)(1)Except as provided in paragraph (2), a selection board shall include at least one officer from each competitive category of officers to be considered by the board.

(2)A selection board need not include an officer from a competitive category to be considered by the board if there is no officer of that competitive category on the reserve active-status list or the active-duty list in a permanent grade higher than the grade of the officers to be considered by the board and otherwise eligible to serve on the board. However, in such a case, the Secretary of the military department concerned, in his discretion, may appoint as a member of the board a retired officer of that competitive category who is in the same armed force as the officers under consideration by the board who holds a higher grade than the grade of the officers under consideration.

(d)No officer may be a member of two successive promotion boards convened under section 14101(a) of this title for the consideration of officers of the same competitive category and grade if the second of the two boards is to consider any officer who was considered and not recommended for promotion to the next higher grade by the first of the two boards.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 3362(b), (c), 5893(a), (b), and 8362(b), (c) of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–337, § 1629(a)(1), (b)(2), (c)(1).

Amendments

2021—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116–283 inserted at end: “The members of a selection board shall represent the diverse population of the armed force concerned to the extent practicable.” 2003—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–136 substituted “Selection boards convened under section 14101(b) of this title” for “Continuation boards”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1996, see section 1691(b)(1) of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as a note under section 10001 of this title.

§14102 Selection Boards: Appointment and Composition